Georgetown

Georgetown is a commercial and entertainment district of Washington DC. It was founded as a port town of Maryland in 1751, and it was named for its founders, George Gordon and George Beall; it was incorporated as a town in 1789. It remained a separate municipality from Washington until 1871, when the US Congress created a consolidated government for the District of Columbia. Georgetown is known to contain high-end shops, bars, restaurants, and an enclosed shopping mall, as well as for the main campus of Georgetown University, a prestigious Jesuit university.